Government Shutdown Looms as Congress Returns After Monthlong August Recess

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This week lawmakers returned to Washington, D.C. after spending the past five weeks in their respective districts and states.

Every fall there’s a government shutdown warning. This time it could happen.

The ongoing tension about the Trump administration blocking congressionally mandated funding, combined with party leaders’ increasing focus on the midterm elections, makes the possibility of a shutdown higher than it has been for years.

US Congress returns, with one month to avert government shutdown

The U.S. Congress returned on Tuesday with less than a month left to perform one of its core functions — keeping federal agencies funded and averting a partial government shutdown — a job that it has struggled to perform in…

US Congress Returns, With One Month to Avert Government Shutdown

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress returns on Tuesday with less than a month left to perform one of its core functions – keeping federal agencies funded and averting a partial government shutdown – a job that it has struggled to perform in recent years. The chamber’s bitter partisan divides have hardened in the first year of President Donald Trump’s new administration, which has angered Democratic lawmakers by deciding not to spend some money previo…

Democrats’ Dilemma: Force Government Shutdown or Cave Again

Democrats’ dilemma: force a government shutdown or cave again. With the September deadline looming, Schumer and fellow congressional Democrats need to decide whether to use the one leverage point they actually have.

Congress gets back to work as clock ticks on government shutdown

Lawmakers returned to work in Congress on Tuesday, with a countdown beginning as they rush to ward off a federal government shutdown before September 30.